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The Ballance Farm Environment Awards open farmers to new networks they may not know about says national judging coordinator Andrea Hanna.

Primary Industries Minister Nathan Guy has today declared the flooding in the lower North Island as a medium-scale adverse event for the primary sector.

The Minister for Primary Industries and a team of his officials from MPI are now visiting some of the farms in the lower North Island that were affected by the heavy weekend rain.

Budget 2015 is, I believe, one of the best for the primary sector since National has been in government. 

Most people’s bucket list has things like skydiving, walking the Great Wall of China or owning a special car. But atop Levin dairy farmer and contractor Graham Bagrie’s list was something quite different. 

National's 2015 Budget has allocated extra funding to strengthen animal welfare systems and biosecurity.

A $10 million package over four years will bolster New Zealand's animal welfare systems, according to Primary Industries Minister Nathan Guy.

Primary Industries Minister Nathan Guy has met with drought-affected farmers in Cheviot, North Canterbury and says they are still feeling the impacts of drought.

LIC has opened a new $5 million herd testing facility in Hamilton.

Primary Industries Minister Nathan Guy says farmers are resilient and will get through the low milk-price patch.

Expect the volatility in the international dairy market to be around for some time.